Mary Spio

Mary Spio is a deep space engineer, tech innovator and entrepreneur. She is the CEO and founder of CEEK Virtual Reality.

Sportsfile (Web Summit) (22760584911)

Quotes

• I’ve always been interested in knowing more about our world and how technology influences it
• I believe I first fell in love with tech after wondering how the radio was able to play music, and my curiosity to discover this and a lot more about our world led me to become a space engineer.
  • https://afro.com/black-women-take-over-the-metaverse/

• Becoming a mom, it's like a double edged sword in a sense that, to me, I say that my son saves my life because if I didn't have my son, I'll probably just work nonstop
• And so it's brought the balance that I need in my career, too. And you perform better when you take those breaks.
  • https://cafemom.com/parenting/work-it-mama-entrepreneur-mary-spio-on-being-a-successful-ceo-single-mom
• I always go back to this documentary that had me thinking about what if and then led to me creating industry-changing technologies today that have already impacted the lives of so many and multiple generations thereafter. I just want to make these technologies more accessible .
  • https://afrotech.com/ceek-founder-and-space-engineer-mary-spio-is-on-a-mission-to-empower-creators-through-virtual-reality
• "Game Changers are the ones who are bold enough and brash enough to believe we can achieve our dreams and change the world in the process."[1]